Psalms · 13 verses
Psalms 41
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The chapter
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A man lying ill hears his enemies wondering when he will die, while the friend who shared his bread turns against him.
The sick man and the poorvv. 1–4
The psalm opens with a blessing for the one who cares for the poor: the LORD will deliver, protect, preserve, and sustain him. Then the broad promise narrows to one bed, one sinner, and one urgent prayer for healing.
Visitors, whispers, and a lifted heelvv. 5–12
The enemies are not merely hoping for the worst; they are arranging it in whispers. A visitor gathers slander, a close friend who shared David’s bread lifts his heel against him, and the sickroom becomes a remarkably busy place. Against all this, David asks the LORD to raise him up, and takes the enemy’s failure as a sign that the LORD delights in him.
The closing blessingv. 13
The private quarrel ends in a public blessing: the LORD is named as the God of Israel, and the psalm closes with eternity, Amen, and then another Amen—the double clasp on the door.
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Ps 41:1For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Blessed is the one who cares for the poor; the LORD will deliver him in the day of trouble.
Ps 41:2The LORD will protect and preserve him; He will bless him in the land and refuse to give him over to the will of his foes.
Ps 41:3The LORD will sustain him on his bed of illness and restore him from his bed of sickness.
Ps 41:4I said, “O LORD, be gracious to me; heal me, for I have sinned against You.”
Ps 41:5My enemies say with malice: “When will he die and be forgotten?”
Ps 41:6My visitor speaks falsehood; he gathers slander in his heart; he goes out and spreads it abroad.
Ps 41:7All who hate me whisper against me; they imagine the worst for me:
Ps 41:8“A vile disease has been poured into him; he will never get up from where he lies!”
Ps 41:9Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.
Ps 41:10But You, O LORD, be gracious to me and raise me up, that I may repay them.
Ps 41:11By this I know that You delight in me, for my enemy does not triumph over me.
Ps 41:12In my integrity You uphold me and set me in Your presence forever.
Ps 41:13Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Amen and Amen.
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Where this is echoed
Readers' own connections, from OpenBible's crowd-voted cross-references — agreement about relevance, and not scholarly confidence. 128 passages were voted onto 13 verses of this chapter; the 16 shown lead on votes, and each is listed at the verse it was voted onto most strongly.
- 1Proverbs 19:17Kindness to the poor is a loan to the LORD, and He will repay the lender.
- 9John 13:18I am not speaking about all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But this is to fulfill the Scripture: ‘The one who shares My bread has lifted up his heel against Me.’
- 4Psalms 103:3He who forgives all your iniquities and heals all your diseases,
- 1Proverbs 14:21He who despises his neighbor sins, but blessed is he who shows kindness to the poor.
- 13Psalms 72:18–19Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who alone does marvelous deeds.
- 12 Corinthians 9:8–14And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things, at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.
- 1Acts 20:35In everything, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus Himself: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
- 9Psalms 55:12–14For it is not an enemy who insults me; that I could endure. It is not a foe who rises against me; from him I could hide.
- 9Matthew 26:23Jesus answered, “The one who has dipped his hand into the bowl with Me will betray Me.
- 32 Kings 20:5–6“Go back and tell Hezekiah the leader of My people that this is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: ‘I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. I will surely heal you. On the third day from now you will go up to the house of the LORD.
- 13Ephesians 1:3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms.
- 1Matthew 25:34–39Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
- 1Psalms 37:39–40The salvation of the righteous is from the LORD; He is their stronghold in time of trouble.
- 3Philippians 2:26–27For he has been longing for all of you and is distressed because you heard he was ill.
- 3Psalms 73:26My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
- 13Revelation 4:8And each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around and within. Day and night they never stop saying: “Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!”
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